I actually listened to In Utero an hour or so back after ElMel reminded me of it. It sounded better than I remember it but still, I don't get how some people prefer it to Nevermind. Nevermind has so many great songs and In Utero has some great ones and some like Tourettes or the screaming part of Scentless Apprentice that just make me go.. why???

I actually listened to In Utero an hour or so back after ElMel reminded me of it. It sounded better than I remember it but still, I don't get how some people prefer it to Nevermind. Nevermind has so many great songs and In Utero has some great ones and some like Tourettes or the screaming part of Scentless Apprentice that just make me go.. why???

Scentless Apprentice and All Apologies are my favorite Nirvana songs by a mile, so there you go. Plus, the production sounds awesome.

Yeah I understand your point of view. I guess I don't get people who consciously avoid getting exposed to certain albums because they have become very popular.

I don't consciously avoid listening to albums either. Except for Pink Floyd. And that is purely because I've heard so damn much about how amazing and mind-blowing and life-changing their albums are, and now it's positively impossible for any of their records to live up to those standards. I will forever be disappointed by listening to their albums because I just think, "That's it?" I finally opened myself up to the entire Beatles catalog after a long time of avoiding it for that reason as well.

what I don't understand though is how on a list so top heavy with "classic classics" that Rolling Stone woud print it without blinking twice Pet Sounds doesn't end up waaaaaaaaay higher
because some of the albums that are ahead of it now are really just ... umm .... well, it should have been higher

Scentless Apprentice and All Apologies are my favorite Nirvana songs by a mile, so there you go. Plus, the production sounds awesome.

Are you saying that the production is weak on Nevermind?

I love the drumming on Scentless but hate the unnecessary screaming. Apart from a handful of good songs, In Utero sounds to me like a raw and tuneless version of Nevermind. Even though I love Heart Shaped Box, Rape Me and Dumb to death and like a few other songs too, I'd still take Teen Spirit, Lithium, In Bloom, Breed, Polly, On A Plain, Stay Away etc. over the former.

I really think placing the negative reviews after each entry was a good idea, and seemed to keep people entertained. It allowed for an extra dimension of discussion, and provided an amusing contrast between this countdown and the ones you see on television, the kind where every album chosen is fawned over without question. Let's face it, we can do that ourselves as well as most critics could, and an opinion that sticks out like a sore thumb is often necessary to prevent the ones doing the fawning from floating away.

Exactly. They provided for some great laughs. As were the references to that Top 100 U2 songs thread that provided some inspiration for this project. I haven't laughed so hard because of a forum thread in a long time.